People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.

All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or a waterfall, a flood, if you can get that too.

Love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you're not careful it will drown you.

Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. ... Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.

There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness.

When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity.

It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.

People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything.

I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s at its extreme. And that’s what they end up knowing about it.

Toni Cade Bambara said: “Writing is the way I participate in the struggle.”

Misery won't touch you gentle. It always leaves its thumbprints on you; sometimes it leaves them for others to see, sometimes for nobody but you to know of.

The issues Miss Quested had raised were so much more important than she was herself that people inevitably forgot her.

See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it. It always works, it works every time with every person" - Bob Proctor

Be like the sun

Do not take on a traditionally built person unless you are prepared for a heavyweight bout.

It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.

My recipe for success is chance, basically. Just luck. It's a miracle that people still hire me after some of the stuff I've gotten away with. Honestly!

In trusting Allah, remember that what's best for you might be what's most painful.

Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they are not there the first time you need them, chances are you won't be needing them again.

Why is it that reality, when set down untransposed in a book, sounds false?